Not only are basic collections (arrays and associative arrays) tightly integrated into the core language, but arrays provide some sophisticated functional programming support. This article also introduces the creation and use of shared libraries and the basics of prototypes.

In the most recent release of ScalaTest, I've placed some guidelines in the documentation for how to avoid the use of vars in testing code. In this post I include those guidelines and ask for feedback.

A couple weeks ago I saw Speed Racer with my wife and kids. Lots of fun was had by all in this action-packed animé brought to hyper-real life.

The old school approach to comments was to toss them out during the tokenization phase of compiling. Modern IDEs are making comments increasingly relevant to the software development process. So what happens if we push the idea even further?

You can just use it a little bit.

Microsoft has created a really impressive newsreader.

"... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth..."

It's good for everyone.

A pointless rant

A JavaOne 2008 roundtable focused on the potential conflict between the way open-source communities work and the JCP's requirement for a Java specification expert group to develop and maintain a compatibility test kit.

A collection of miscellaneous observations and my "Best Of" awards.

Yesterday's post was about "why". Today's is about "how".

Why you want Rails for your web app, why you want JRuby on Rails for deployment, and why you want NetBeans for Rails development.

I got to JavaOne late this year, but still was able to see some old friends, and do some catching up over dinner. JavaOne has become a social call and a community refresher for me as much as it has been a trade show that offers one the latest trends and news.

The need for a "Conference 2.0" format and a collection of JRuby notes.